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Where does “Ural” come from?

Ural comes from Russian Ура́л, of uncertain origin, with proposed connections to indigenous Siberian languages but no established etymology.

Ancestry of “Ural”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianУра́л—

Words derived from “Ural”

  • Uralic
  • Uralian
  • Uralist
  • Proto-Uralic
  • Indo-Uralic
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